Psalms 106
106
God Is Good
1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Everyone thank God, for he is good and easy to please.
Your tender love for us, Lord, continues on forever.
2Who could ever fully describe your glorious miracles?
Yahweh, who could ever praise you enough?
3The happiest one on earth is the one who keeps your word
and clings to righteousness every moment.
4So remember me, Lord, as you take joy in your people.
And when you come to bring the blessings of salvation,
don’t forget me!
5Let me share in the wealth and beauty of all your devoted lovers,
rejoice with your nation in all their joys,
and let me share in the glory you give to your chosen ones.
6We have all sinned so much, just like our fathers.
“Guilty” is written over our lives.
7Our fathers who were delivered from Egypt
didn’t fully understand your wonders,
and they took you for granted.
Over and over you showed them such tender love and mercy!
Yet they were barely beyond the Red Sea
when they rebelled against you.
8Nonetheless, you saved them more than once
so they would know how powerful you are,
showing them the honor of your name.
9You roared over the waters of the Red Sea,
making a dry path for your people to cross through.
10You freed them from the strong power
of those who oppressed them
and rescued them from bondage.
11Then the waters rushed over their enemies and drowned them all—
not one survived.
12Seeing this, the people believed your words,
and they all broke out with songs of praise!
13Yet how quickly they forgot your miracles of power.
They wouldn’t wait for you to act when they were hungry,
14but demanded you satisfy their cravings and give them food!
They tested you to the breaking point.
15So you gave them what they wanted to eat,
but their souls starved away to nothing.
16They became envious of Moses and Aaron, your holy ones.
17You split open the earth, and it swallowed up
Dathan and Abiram along with their followers.
18Fire fell from heaven and burnt up all the band of rebels,
turning them to ashes.
19They made an idol of a calf at Sinai
and bowed to worship their man-made statue.
20They preferred the image of a grass-eating ox
to the presence of the glory-filled God.
21-22They totally forgot it was you who saved them
by the wonders and awesome miracles you worked in Egypt.
23So you decided to destroy them.
But Moses, your chosen leader,
stood in the gap between you and the people
and made intercession on their behalf
to turn away your wrath from killing them all.
24Yet they still didn’t believe your words
and they despised the land of delight you gave to them.
25They grumbled and found fault with everything
and closed their hearts to your voice.
26So you solemnly swore to them
that they would all die in the desert.
27And you scattered their children to distant lands to die as exiles.
28Then our fathers joined the worshipers
of the false god named “Lord of the Pit.”
They even ate the sacrifices offered to the dead!
29All they did made you burn with anger.
It made you so angry that a plague broke out among them!
30It continued until Phineas intervened and executed
the guilty for causing judgment to fall upon them. # 106:30 This is implicit information found in the story of Phineas (Num. 25:7–9).
31Because of this deed of righteousness
Phineas will be remembered forever.
32Your people also provoked you to wrath
at the stream called Strife. # 106:32 The word used here is Meribah, the Hebrew word for “strife” (Num. 20:1–13).
This is where Moses got into serious trouble!
33Because the people were rebellious against you,
Moses exploded in anger and spoke to them out of his bitterness.
34Neither did our fathers destroy the enemies in the land,
as you had commanded them.
35But they mingled themselves with their enemies
and learned to copy their works of darkness.
36They began to serve their gods and bow before their idols.
All of this led them away from you
and brought about their downfall.
37They even sacrificed their little children to the demon spirits,
38-39shedding the innocent blood of their sons and daughters.
These dark practices greatly defiled the land and their own souls,
through the murder and bloodshed of their own babies!
Their sins made them spiritual adulterers before you.
40This is why you were furious.
As your anger burned hot against them,
you couldn’t even stand to look
at your very own people any longer!
41So you turned them over to the crushing hands of other nations,
and those who hated them became tyrants over them.
42Oppressive enemies subdued them,
ruling over them with their tyranny.
43Many times you would have come to rescue them,
but they continued in their rebellious ways,
choosing to ignore your warnings.
Then they sank lower and lower, destroyed by their depravity.
44-45Yet even so, you waited and waited,
watching to see if they would turn
and cry out to you for a father’s help.
And then, when you heard their cry,
you relented and you remembered your covenant,
and you turned your heart toward them again,
according to your abundant, overflowing, and limitless love.
46Then you caused even their oppressors
to pity them and show them compassion.
47Do it again, Lord! Save us, O Lord, our God!
Gather us from our exile and unite us together
so that we will give our great and joyous thanks to you again
and bring you glory by our praises.
48Blessed be our Lord God forever and ever.
And let everyone everywhere say, “Hallelujah!”
Amen! Faithful is our King!
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The Deuteronomy Psalms
Psalms of praise and the Word
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Psalm 106
1Praise the LORD!
Give thanks to the LORD because he is good,
because his faithful love endures forever.
2Who could possibly repeat all of the LORD’s mighty acts
or publicly recount all his praise?
3The people who uphold justice,
who always do what is right, are truly happy!
4Remember me, LORD, with the favor you show your people.
Visit me with your saving help
5so I can experience the good things your chosen ones experience,
so I can rejoice in the joy of your nation,
so I can praise along with your possession.
6We have sinned—right along with our ancestors.
We’ve done what is wrong.
We’ve acted wickedly.
7Our ancestors in Egypt didn’t understand your wondrous works.
They didn’t remember how much faithful love you have.
So they rebelled by the sea—at the Reed Sea.#106.7 Or Red Sea; also in 106:9, 22
8But God saved them for the sake of his good name,
to make known his mighty power.
9God scolded the Reed Sea, and it dried right up;
he led them through the deeps like they were a dry desert.
10God saved them from hostile powers;
he redeemed them from the power of the enemy.
11But the waters covered over their foes—
not one of them survived!
12So our ancestors trusted God’s words;
they sang God’s praise.
13But how quickly they forgot what he had done!
They wouldn’t wait for his advice.
14They were overcome with craving in the desert;
they tested God in the wastelands.
15God gave them what they asked for;
he sent food#106.15 LXX to satisfy their appetites.
16But then they were jealous of Moses in the camp,
jealous too of Aaron, the LORD’s holy one.
17So the earth opened up, swallowing Dathan,
and covering over Abiram’s crowd.
18Fire blazed throughout that whole group;
flames burned up the wicked.
19They made a calf at Horeb,
bowing down to a metal idol.
20They traded their glorious God#106.20 Or their Glory
for an image of a bull that eats grass.
21They forgot the God who saved them—
the one who had done great things in Egypt,
22wondrous works in the land of Ham,
awesome deeds at the Reed Sea.
23So God determined that he would destroy them—
except for the fact that Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the way, right in front of him,
and turned God’s destructive anger away.
24But then they rejected the land that was so desirable.
They didn’t trust God’s promise.
25They muttered in their tents
and wouldn’t listen to the LORD’s voice.
26So God raised his hand against them,
making them fall in the desert,
27scattering their offspring among the nations,
casting them across many lands.
28They joined themselves to Baal-peor
and ate sacrifices offered to the dead.
29They made God angry by what they did,
so a plague broke out against them.
30Then Phinehas stood up and prayed,
and the plague was contained.
31That’s why Phinehas is considered righteous,
generation after generation, forever.
32But they angered God at Meribah’s waters,
and things went badly for Moses because of them,
33because they made him bitter
so that he spoke rashly with his lips.
34They didn’t destroy the nations
as the LORD had ordered them to do.
35Instead, they got mixed up with the nations,
learning what they did
36and serving those false gods,
which became a trap for them.
37They sacrificed their own sons and daughters to demons!
38They shed innocent blood,
the blood of their own sons and daughters—
the ones they sacrificed to Canaan’s false gods—
so the land was defiled by the bloodshed.
39They made themselves unclean by what they did; they prostituted themselves by their actions.
40So the LORD’s anger burned against his people;
he despised his own possession.
41God handed them over to the nations;
people who hated them ruled over them.
42Their enemies oppressed them,
and they were humbled under their power.
43God delivered them numerous times,
but they were determined to rebel,
and so they were brought down by their own sin.
44But God saw their distress
when he heard their loud cries.
45God remembered his covenant for their sake,
and because of how much faithful love he has,
God changed his mind.
46God allowed them to receive compassion
from all their captors.
47 LORD our God, save us!
Gather us back together from among all the nations
so we can give thanks to your holy name
and rejoice in your praise!
48Bless the LORD, the God of Israel,
from forever ago to forever from now!
And let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the LORD!
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